To polish. Or not to polish

[Heywood]

That is the question.
No I am not speaking of my ancestry, rather should I fully polish my smith 627pc?
I have done some polishing to embellish. Around the notches on cylinder on the front of the cylinder and front of the bore. I also polished the hammer, trigger, and cylinder release. But want to know if I should go ahead and polish the whole shebang?
What do y'all think?
FYI, where it looks like I missed a spot on the trigger, it is just graphite lube working its way out... my ego forces me to state thus.....

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[Gonzales]

You want contrast. Otherwise it looses something. So a mix of matte and polished will look better than all or the other. Just my .02

How does she shoot?

 

[Heywood]

You want contrast. Otherwise it looses something. So a mix of matte and polished will look better than all or the other. Just my .02

How does she shoot?

Thank you for your opinion. I kinda agree with you, just haven't seen any fully polished performance center revolvers out there.
She shoots beautifully. I slicked up the action as well when I brightened her up.

 

[01rednavigator]

I am a huge fan of polished revolvers, but I think this one looks good the way it is.

 

[Joe13]

All polished is nice when it's clean all the time. Otherwise it looks smudgy too me, like car windows after your dogs been looking out them

 

[ikemay]

Looks really nice the way it is now, spend the time shooting.

 

[Joe13]

I had a friend that spent a couple weeks polishing a paintball gun and you could see yourself like a mirror - it was crazy awesome.

That said, as soon as you touched it or used it, you could see every little smudge or spec of dust on the thing.

 

[P7M13]

I had a friend that spent a couple weeks polishing a paintball gun and you could see yourself like a mirror - it was crazy awesome.

That said, as soon as you touched it or used it, you could see every little smudge or spec of dust on the thing.

Can't think of a better way to know whether someone has fondled your gun or not !

 

[Heywood]

All polished is nice when it's clean all the time. Otherwise it looks smudgy too me, like car windows after your dogs been looking out them

I agree with you here. I like the look of polished but know it leaves smudges like crazy. I'm a little prissy about my firearms so I know it would bother me. But I figure if it does I can just have it beed blasted again..... I may regret it though.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

i think it looks good like that!

 

[01rednavigator]

I have always wanted to buy a beater Ruger sp101, smooth all the edges down and then polish it like this one.






I have an sp101 but it is the Talo edition. It would look awesome polished but I am going to start carrying it once I get a holster.

This is what mine looks like, I like it way better than the standard sp101.

 

[jsparks747]

Frankly I think that revolvers look better with a little bit of grunge like yours. They are tough guns and the look is part of the feel. a super shiny revolver would make a great decoration, but for a working gun that will be shot, the grunge fits in.

 

[Fast Eddie]

If you do polish it, leave the bead blast on the top so you can still shoot it at high noon.

 

[BillGabby1]

All polished is nice when it's clean all the time. Otherwise it looks smudgy too me, like car windows after your dogs been looking out them

Hey Joe in our house we call those Smearps!
My wife came up with it and it stuck. Hmmm oh well.
Combined Smear with slurps!
Gabby

 

[BillGabby1]

I have always wanted to buy a beater Ruger sp101, smooth all the edges down and then polish it like this one.

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Isn't that what they call Pimped up?

 

[Landcruiser]

I really dig the full polish look, the SP101 is the best looking of its kind that I have seen. But it puts them into BBQ gun category as the maintenance increases.

 

[Heywood]

Well folks. It seems, I know better than all of you....
Ok, so I am not the perfect example of what a thread starter should be.
I ask the peeps opinion on a subject then totally disregard the overwhelming majority's sound advice.
I couldn't help myself.

All it took was a jar of mother's mag polish, a bag of rags and 2 seasons of The Walking Dead.

 

[01rednavigator]

Well folks. It seems, I know better than all of you....
View attachment 406085 View attachment 406086 Ok, so I am not the perfect example of what a thread starter should be.
I ask the peeps opinion on a subject then totally disregard the overwhelming majority's sound advice.
I couldn't help myself.

That is so pretty, it brought a tear to I my eye!

 

[Heywood]

I have always wanted to buy a beater Ruger sp101, smooth all the edges down and then polish it like this one.

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I have an sp101 but it is the Talo edition. It would look awesome polished but I am going to start carrying it once I get a holster.

This is what mine looks like, I like it way better than the standard sp101.

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The softer look to the sp101 does lend itself to polishing.
I think you should polish it...

 

[RVTECH]

Well folks. It seems, I know better than all of you....

I'll have to admit you did a great job and it looks MUCH better than before however these will NOT get polished....